Name/Title
Annual Police Department Reports, 1961, 1962Entry/Object ID
2024.28.9Description
Acc. No. 24.28.9 A, B
Subject Category: City, Police Department
Date or Period, 1961, 1962
Object: booklets
Description: Booklets, stapled underneath buckram spine, with cover of card stock - tan with brown spine for 1961, off-white and off-white for 1962. Printed in wine-red for 1961 and black type for 1962: Annual Report / Police Department, and on top of a monochromatic aerial photo: Alameda / California. Each has a sticker stating 'Alameda Collection' and on back, a crossed-through bar code from the Alameda Free Library. Also each has been stamped, and labeled in pencil. First page has stamp in red with 'Withdrawn'.
Size: L 11 x W 8 1/2 inches
History of Object: Alameda City Police Department Annual Reports for the 1958 and 1959 calendar years. Prepared by City Manager, H. D. Weller, and Chief of Police, Floyd E. Drake. Reports include information about crimes, staffing and services, and equipment. The 1961 report includes mention of officers from Baghdad, Iraq, receiving training.
The image on the cover shows the South Shore landfill, but no housing yet and no Ballena Bay Island.
These were superfluous copies from the Alameda Free Library Alameda Collection.
Acquired from: Alameda Public Library reference desk
Donation Date: 2/26/2022; Catalog Date: 3/29/2026